The Lev (лев) is the currency of Bulgaria. It is divided in 100 stotinki (стотинки). In archaic Bulgarian the word lev meant lion. It is pegged to the Euro at a rate of 1 EUR = 1.95583 lev and it is speculated that Bulgaria, as a member of the European Union could adopt the Euro in the future.

A variety of currencies circulated in China during the Republic of China era, most of which were denominated in the unit 'yuan'. In 1948 the People's Bank of China issued a unified currency known as the Renminbi or 'people's currency'. Yuan in Chinese literally means a 'round object' or 'round coin'.